Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Coolnagrattan, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnagrattan
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- fort
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.99203, -6.61327
- SMR number
- MO032-003----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a valley floor between drumlins. It is depicted as a small circular embanked enclosure (ext. diam. c. 20m) on the 1834 edition of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as a ‘fort’. There is a low circular grass-covered rise (diam. c. 33m; H 1m) but with no defining feature.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 27 July 2017
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Concentric enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.